How reliable are total counts to detect trends in population size of chamois Rupicapra rupicapra and R. pyrenaica?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-88

  Loison, Anne ^a   Appolinaire, Joel ^b   Jullien, Jean Michel ^b   Dubray, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Census methods; Chamois; Rupicapra; Sampling effort; Transect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 33645565147     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[77:HRATCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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